DEADLINE: 8TH APRIL, 2021
PALLADIUM
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
USAID INTEGRATED HEALTH PROGRAM (IHP)
MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERE CASES OF MALARIA, PNEUMONIA, AND MEDICALLY COMPLICATED ACUTE MALNUTRITION IN BAUCHI, KEBBIAND SOKOTO STATES CONSULTANCIES ADVERTISEMENT
TITLE: PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERE CASES OF MALARIA, PNEUMONIA, AND MEDICALLY COMPLICATED ACUTE MALNUTRITION IN BAUCHI, KEBBI AND SOKOTO STATES (SEVERE MALARIA, RESPIRATORY ILLNESS AND MALNUTRITION IN 10 GENERAL HOSPITALS PER STATE)
Palladium invites applications from suitably qualified six (6) pediatric medical
consultants advanced pediatric clinical training consultants to support the State
Ministry of Health (SMOH) and agencies to strengthen management for severe
cases of pneumonia, malaria, and severe acute malnutrition (with medical
complications in secondary hospitals of Bauchi, Kabti and Sokoto states
Period of performance for training, mentoring, and needs assessment implementation: June to September 2021
Two paediatric medical consultants per state will each a) execute a phone needs Assessment and b) conduct skills-based onsite refresher training in 5 secondary general hospitals (at least 5 practitioners per facility) in one State: Bauchi. Kebbi, or Sokoto States. In Sokoto, one consultant wil be required to train six general hospitals.
Practitioners to be trained may include doctors/paediatricians, nurses, midwives
and nurse anaesthetists. Consultants will be overseen by a lead Paediatric
Medical Consultant and a technical monitor from IHP. Consultants will liaise with
the Hospital Management Board And IHP advance of the trainings to ensure the
facilities are prepared to receive the training. Medical training consultants will
also provide follow-up mentoring and supervision of the secondary care in
collaboration with the Hospital Management Board and staff.
Consultants may only apply to one training opportunity per state as the training
will be rolled out simultaneously in all three states.
Training Requirements:
Each consultant (two per state) will train 5 secondary hospitals (for a total of 10
hospitalstrained in Bauchi and Ketbi, with 11 hospitals trained in Sokoto State.
When equipment and supplies are available, trainers will provide training in using oxygen equipment and nutrition commodities. When these supplies equipment are not available, simplified training must be provided to refresh healthcare workers to provide optimal care using available equipment (or prompt referral to tertiary care if needed appropriate).
Estimated length of training at each general hospital
-Severe malnutrition (-6days).
-Severe Respiratory illness (with oxygen therapy support) (-3 days)
-Severe malaria (-2days)
Needs Assessment/Criteria for Hospital Inclusion
Hospitals with the largest volume of cases and staff will be prioritized, along with
hospitals that have oxygen equipment and nutrition commodities to treat severe
malnutrition. If another implementer has given similar trainings in a facility
another general hospital will be prioritized for refresher training
Type of Contract
This is a firm-fixed-price deliverable-based contract. The consultant is expected
to satisfactorily accomplish the deliverables before helshe gets paid for that
deliverable. The IHP Chief of the Party reserves the right to confirm if a deliverable is delivered adequately or otherwise. No price change is expected after a contract is signed. HP will not pay for the cost of any deliverable that is not complete, of quality, or on time
For more details concerning this consultancy and other associated application
tools, please visit the link below:
http://bit.ly/3tODgVZ
Submission information:
Please follow the instructions as contained in the Requestfor Proposal (RFP) and submit to: consultancy@ihp-nigeria.com
This consultancy closes on April 8, 2021, by 11:59pm. No late application
will be received after the deadline.
